CrossFit Lisbeth! Thank you for another post like this! As I woke up a little sore today, I thought, “Am I really going to do this workout tonight?” Then I stopped for a second, thought about it, and said, “YES. Now stop complaining and get pumped.”
I dedicate this edition of “CrossFit Blog Central” to Casey. This is a conversation we had just the other day. I don’t want “Sunday Funday” to be fun and happy. I want it to be an awesome workout, just like every other one we do. So I accept and APPRECIATE your feedback the other day about how “hard and challenging” the workout was this last week. My response: Mission Accomplished!
To quote Lisbeth’s post below:
“Dear CrossFit,
Keep pushing me, don’t ever stop.”
Post entitled Dear CrossFit – By Lisbeth Darsh
Dear CrossFit,
I like that you push me. That you shove me around. That you don’t listen to my whining, my excuses, my belly-aching.
When I say, “This is hard” . . . you say, “Do it again.”
When I say, “But I’m not good at this” . . . you say, “So, practice. Get good.”
When I say “This hurts” . . . you say, “So does life. Get over it.”
You poke me in the chest, you kick me in the ass, you drive me over the edge.
And I love every single flippin’ minute of it. Even as I hate it too.
If I wanted my workout to hug me and make me feel special, I’d be rocking some jazzeryoga40x in my basement. With some chamomile tea. And a blankie.
But I’m not here for the party. I’m here because I don’t need another person in life to tell me that I’m special and I’m good enough and I’m wonderful. (I mean, don’t stop with that, my ego kinda digs it.) But I want the truth. I can handle it. And I can handle the work to make myself better.
I don’t have a muscle-up. And I needed to be reminded of that, and the many other things I need to motor on.
See, CrossFit, we understand each other. Keep pushing me, don’t ever stop.
XOXOXOXO
Me
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Love it…..I needed this after practicing the OHS last night!!
Right? Me too!
Everything in CF that makes us nervous, or uneasy, is simply an opportunity to improve ourselves! We need to start viewing all of these instances like that; CrossFit Games Open, or not!
I agree 100% …When I saw the OHS I thought to myself, WHHHHYYYY!!!, cried a little……and then realized I really haven’t done a lot of OHS in last 11 months I have been Crossfiting, and to be honest in the beginnning I used to take off days when when there was OHS in a WOD. The great thing about this Crossfit Games Open is it showed me where I can improve, and instead of getting discouraged I am excited because I know what I need to work on for next year!!